Angeline Jolie Talks about a Petrifying Wing-Ripping Scene

The Oscar winner was addressing beyond 300 government officials at the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict in London. During this time, she was asked about the scene where her wings are badly ripped off as she sleeps.

"We were very conscious, the writer [Linda Woolverton} and I, that it was a metaphor for rape," she explained.

"This would be the thing that would make her lose sight."

The UN Special Envoy added, "At a certain point, the question of the story is what could possibly bring her back?"

"It is a myth that rape is an inevitable part of conflict," she said during her main speech at the summit.

"There is nothing inevitable about it. It is a weapon of war aimed at civilians. It is nothing to do with sex, everything to do with power…This whole subject has been taboo for far too long, war zone rape is a crime that thrives on silence and denial."